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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Wales · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Bridgend County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,178 approved · 1,567 refused · 921 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Aug 2006 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Welsh Government / DataMapWales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
19 Davies Avenue, Nottage, Porthcawl, CF36 3NW
Received 19 Dec 202458 Danygraig Avenue Newton Porthcawl CF36 5AE
Received 28 May 202457 Preswylfa Court, Bridgend, CF31 3NX
Received 15 Feb 202433 Market Street Bridgend CF31 1LJ
Received 16 Oct 201530 Llys Pentre Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DY
Received 1 Dec 2023Plot 24 Llynfi Court Maesteg Park Maesteg CF34 9NJ
Received 24 Jul 2017Mission Hall Mission Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0ND
Received 29 Mar 2011Plot adj to 22 Queen Street Brynmenyn CF32 9HS
Received 29 Jul 2016Land adjacent to Haul Bryn Nantymoel CF32 7NR
Received 19 Mar 2024Land adjacent Siderise Insulation Limited Forge Industrial Estate Maesteg CF34 0AH
Received 31 Aug 2021Home Bargains Picton Court Retail Park Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 19 Jul 202194 Glan y Nant Tondu CF32 9DT
Received 16 Dec 2016Drive Medical Ltd 28 North Road Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3TP
Received 30 Sept 2015Bryn y Mor Heol Broom Mawdlam Bridgend CF33 4PW
Received 10 Jan 2020Land adjoining Unit 1 Gentle Way Broadlands CF31 5EJ
Received 24 Jul 202386 The Woodlands Brackla Bridgend CF31 2JG
Received 28 May 2015Greenmeadow House Water Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7AN
Received 3 May 201267 St John Street Ogmore Vale Cf32 7Ba
Received 3 Sept 2007The Elderbush Hotel, 57 High Street, Nantyffyllon, Maesteg, CF34 0BS
Received 18 Mar 2025Trinity Chapel Penybont Road Pencoed CF35 5RA
Received 7 Sept 2022New Archbishop Mcgrath School Land Off Whitethorn Drive Brackla Bridgend
Received 2 Jun 2011Former Pencoed Primary School site Penprysg Road Pencoed CF35 6RH
Received 2 Sept 201928 Cae Ganol Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3RS
Received 4 Dec 200812 Heol Llan North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4DR
Received 4 May 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Wales differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Bridgend County Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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